As part of The Dalles Community Outreach Team trip to Washington, D.C. recently, development at the Columbia Gorge Regional Airport of a training hangar for the Columbia Gorge Community College aviation maintenance technician program and a business park expansion was one of the main topics of discussion.  City Economic Development Officer Dan Spatz told City Councilors that the project began with a $2.8 million grant from the federal Economic Development Administration, but cost escalation waiting two years for the grant to be awarded upped the total cost of the project from an original estimate of $3.5 million to $5.9 million.  Spatz added the Northwest congressional delegation is on board to help get the final funds for the project, adding it helps to have Washington Senator Patty Murray on the appropriations committee.